Fairey G.4/31

The Fairey G.4/31 was a large single-engine, single-bay biplane entered in the Air Ministry competition of the early 1930s for a multi-role aircraft to replace the Fairey Gordon and Westland Wapiti, which had to handle level bombing, army co-operation, dive bombing, reconnaissance, casualty evacuation and torpedo bombing. It was all-metal with fabric covering and had an offset pilot's cockpit and a windowed cabin between the wings. It first flew on 29 March 1934 with a Bristol Pegasus, and as the Mk II with an Armstrong Siddeley Tiger. Only one was built, because Vickers won the competition.